Strain specific variations in acinetobacter baumannii complement sensitivity

HIGHLIGHTS

  • who: Gathoni Kamuyu from the Centre for Inflammation and Tissue Repair, UCL Respiratory, University College London, London, United Kingdom have published the paper: Strain Specific Variations in Acinetobacter baumannii Complement Sensitivity, in the Journal: (JOURNAL)

SUMMARY

    An important component of the innate immune_response to bacterial pathogens is the complement system. Variations in serum resistance between A. baumannii strains has been linked to capsule size, and specific mutations linking complement sensitivity to the chemical composition or size of the A. baumannii capsule have Frontiers in Immunology | www.frontiersin.org To characterize this phenotype further . . .

     

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